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Solar System

Inner Solar System

The atmosphere of planets

ISO spectrometers have also concentrated on our closest neighbours, the planets in the Solar System. In several cases, such as in the giant planets and even in Mars, the study of the atmospheres' chemical constituents has produced unexpected surprises.